I’m Tom Washington, founder of Career Management Resources and the author of Resume Power: Selling Yourself On Paper. In addition to his career and outplacement counseling responsibilities, Gary Kanter has been CMRs sole resume consultant for over a decade.

I’m convinced Gary is the best consultant in the Pacific Northwest. He has written thousands of resumes and he knows how to sell people in all professions and industries.

Gary has the rare ability to draw from people what makes them good at what they do. Then he works interactively with the client to present it effectively on paper. That’s why his clients get so many interviews. He not only knows how to describe your duties and accomplishments in a way that flows smoothly throughout the resume, but he knows how to get the employer to recognize your potential. Selling your potential is the real art of resume writing. Gary has perfected it.

Gary is a fun person to work with him and his clients enjoy the process. They not only end up with a great resume, but the process itself prepares them to interview more effectively than in the past.

To learn more about our process, call Gary at 425/454-6982. The first step is to arrange a 30-minute appointment at no cost or obligation to you. Gary will show you samples of resumes he has created and he will then assess what it will require to produce a resume that really sells you. Before you commit yourself to anything you will know the exact cost, you will have seen the quality of his work, and you will know how soon it can be completed (usually two or three working days). If you decide to proceed, he will obtain a 50% deposit with the balance not due until the resume is completed, approved by you, and in your hands.

Gary Kanter
Career Management Resources
1750 112^th NE Suite C-224
Bellevue, WA 98004
425/454-6982
e-mail: gkanter@lycos.com

You are the world’s greatest expert on you!

As your presentation, the resume has to come from you…and be you. It cannot be someone else’s version of who you are. Our job is to help you define who you are in a way that effectively presents your skills, accomplishments, and value…in a manner that is comfortable for you to present. After all, what goes into the resume will also be the basis for your letters, phone contacts, and interviews.

A successful resume does not attempt to make you appear better than you are. Rather, it should demonstrate how good you really are; without unnecessary hyperbole and embellishment.

I write resumes that sell you effectively.

My job is to write a resume that will result in employers wanting to meet you.

I have seen many of my clients go from virtually zero interviews to numerous quality interviews solely as a result of the new resume process.

Why?

Because the resume we create defines you in the manner you wish to be defined! It is your version of you – not the writer’s!

The resume is your presentation.

It makes you comfortable.

It makes you confident!

It is the script for your interview.

I have honed this craft for over a decade. My clients have included entry level candidates, managers, technicians, sales and marketing professionals, engineers, and senior executives. They all had a story to tell and I am pleased they selected me to help tell it.

Gary Kanter
Career Management Resources
1750 112^th NE Suite C-224
Bellevue, WA 98004
gkanter@lycos.com
425/454-6982

Purpose #1 Your Report Card

Before you can prove your marketability to a potential employer, you must prove it to yourself! Thus, the first purpose of the resume is to give you a report card!

What exactly has your value been in your previous employment? What were your accomplishments…contributions…etc?

How do you define your accomplishments and present them in a way that makes you comfortable? How do you select which accomplishments to present?

Purpose #2 Your Marketing Tool

Once you are satisfied with your resume, it becomes your marketing tool!

The resume will bring you to the attention of the employer. It will create a positive interest in you. The reader will see and understand your value and, most important, your potential. The result will be an invitation to interview.

Purpose #3 Your Interview Script

Since joining Career Management Resources in 1988, Gary Kanter has provided resume writing and career counseling services to over 4,000 clients.

Teaming with Tom Washington, he has provided outplacement services for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, PPG/Olympic Stain, and DEC.

He has presented highly regarded workshops throughout the Puget Sound region and has taught job finding classes at local community colleges. He is frequently invited to speak at job fairs and employment events.

His articles on resume writing and interviewing have regularly been featured in National Business Employment Weekly and regionally in Today’s Careers: The Employment Paper.

Kanter has established a reputation for providing his clients with the tools to effectively and enthusiastically market themselves.